JP2009245077A - Garage system, and gate opening-and-closing control method in garage system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a garage system capable of, in a parking lot, automatically opening a gate by an ETC in-vehicle device, also confirming safe parking being carried out for the vehicle in the parking lot, and closing the gate. <P>SOLUTION: At an entrance 101, an in-vehicle device ID of an ETC in-vehicle device 3 of a vehicle 2 is read by a dedicated short-range communication antenna (1) 51. And this in-vehicle device ID is determined if the in-vehicle device ID is registered in the data base in a garage control unit 1. When the in-vehicle device ID is determined as the in-vehicle device ID registered in the database, a gate 4 is opened. In a parking place 102, the in-vehicle device ID of the vehicle 2 is also read by a dedicated short range communications antenna (2) 41. The in-vehicle device ID read is determined once again, if the in-vehicle device ID is registered in the data base. After that, when response from the ETC in-vehicle device 3 is continuously lost during a designated period of time, the gate 4 of the entrance is closed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a garage system using an ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) vehicle-mounted device, and a gate opening / closing control method in the garage system.

  Recently, automatic toll collection services using the ETC system have been actively introduced on highway toll roads. In this ETC system, ETC on-board equipment is installed in the vehicle, and two-way wireless communication is performed between this ETC on-board equipment and the lane control device installed at the toll booth exit on the toll road, and automatic payment is made. . For this reason, the vehicle can pass through the toll gate as it is, and the traffic jam at the toll booth can be alleviated. Moreover, the bidirectional | two-way radio | wireless communication between an ETC onboard equipment and a lane control apparatus is performed by DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication) which is a dedicated narrow area | region radio | wireless communication.

  This DSRC (narrow band communication) is a communication system that uses microwave waves and performs communication only within a limited range on the road. The driver is installed on the road and communicates with the ETC on-board unit installed on the moving vehicle side, and provides various services such as toll collection and road information by exchanging various data. And benefit the managers such as roads and parking.

  In addition, the number of vehicles using ETC on-board equipment (on-board equipment ID) will be released to the private sector, and in the future, there will be an increase in services using ETC such as services at private parking lots and vehicle entrance / exit management at factories. Is expected.

  By the way, there is a parking garage system having an automatic opening / closing gate. In these garage systems, for example, a card presented by the driver is identified to open the gate, and after the gate is opened, the gate is closed after a certain time has elapsed. That is, after the gate is opened, the gate is closed after measuring a certain time and confirming that the vehicle is not located on the gate rail.

  Thus, the conventional garage system is based on closing a gate by measuring a certain time after the gate is opened. For this reason, the ETC on-board device mounted on the vehicle was used to open the gate, and the ETC on-board device was actively utilized, such as confirming that the vehicle was parked safely in the parking lot and closing the gate. The provision of more advanced services has been desired.

  Note that there is a conventional automatic parking fee system (see Patent Document 1). The automatic parking lot fee system of Patent Document 1 aims to provide an automatic parking lot fee system that allows vehicles to enter and leave a parking lot almost non-stop, and to automatically charge and settle a parking fee. It is said. For this purpose, a DSRC antenna installed in the parking lot, a writable IC card in which at least personal identification information is recorded in advance, a parking time is calculated by calculating the parking time from the vehicle departure date and time, and the parking date, A parking lot processing device for transmitting the parking fee information to the antenna, and a store processing device having a settlement means for making a payment by charging the parking fee from the parking lot processing device to a financial institution and automatically withdrawing. ing.

However, the automatic parking lot fee system disclosed in Patent Document 1 is intended to provide an automatic parking lot fee system that allows vehicles to enter and leave the parking lot non-stop and perform automatic payment of parking fees. In the parking lot as described above, it is not intended to provide a more advanced service using the ETC vehicle-mounted device.
JP 2000-285157 A

  As described above, the conventional garage system is based on closing a gate by measuring a certain time after the gate is opened. For this reason, the gate is automatically opened using the ETC on-board device mounted on the vehicle, the gate is closed after confirming that the vehicle has moved to the parking place, and the vehicle is parked safely at the parking place. It has been desired to provide a more advanced service such as closing the gate after confirming that the vehicle has been confirmed, and further confirming that the vehicle has been parked safely at the designated or permitted position.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the present invention can automatically open a gate by an ETC on-board device in a parking lot and can close the gate after confirming that the vehicle has moved to the parking place. An object of the present invention is to provide a garage system and a gate opening / closing control method capable of closing a gate after confirming that the vehicle has been parked safely after the vehicle has moved to the parking place. It is another object of the present invention to provide a garage system and a gate opening / closing control method capable of closing a gate after confirming that the vehicle is parked safely at a designated permission position.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the garage system of the present invention identifies a pre-registered vehicle, opens an entrance gate, and confirms that the vehicle has moved to a parking place. And the garage system which closes the said gate, Comprising: Onboard equipment ID registration means which registers the onboard equipment ID of the ETC onboard equipment of the permission vehicle contracted beforehand in a database, and the ETC onboard equipment mounted in the vehicle which approached the said gate And determining whether the vehicle-mounted device ID read by the vehicle-mounted device ID reading device is the vehicle-mounted device ID of the permitted vehicle registered in the database. A gate that opens the gate at the entrance when the vehicle-mounted device ID of the permitted vehicle is determined by the vehicle-mounted device ID determining unit and the first vehicle-mounted device ID determining unit. Release means, a parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading device for reading the vehicle-mounted device ID from the ETC vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle, and the vehicle-mounted device ID read by the parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading device at the parking place of the vehicle. Is determined to be a vehicle-mounted device ID of the permitted vehicle by the second vehicle-mounted device ID determining means for determining whether or not the vehicle-mounted device ID of the permitted vehicle registered in the database. And a gate closing means for closing the entrance gate.
In the garage system of the present invention configured as described above, the vehicle-mounted device ID of the ETC vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle at the entrance to the parking lot is read, and it is determined whether or not the vehicle-mounted device ID is the vehicle-mounted device ID registered in the database. To do. When the vehicle-mounted device ID is registered in the database and is determined to be the vehicle-mounted device ID, the entrance gate is opened. Further, the vehicle-mounted device ID is read from the ETC vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle at the parking place of the vehicle, and it is determined again whether the vehicle-mounted device ID is the vehicle-mounted device ID registered in the database. When it is determined that the OBE ID is the OBE ID registered in the database, the entrance gate is closed.
Thereby, in the parking lot, the gate can be automatically opened by ETC, and the gate can be closed after confirming that the vehicle has moved to the parking place.

In the garage system of the present invention, after the second vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit determines that the vehicle-mounted device ID is the vehicle-mounted device ID of the permitted vehicle registered in the database, the ETC vehicle-mounted device of the permitted vehicle ETC on-board unit non-response detecting means for detecting that the response has not been continued for a predetermined time is further provided, and the gate closing means is configured such that the ETC on-board unit of the permitted vehicle is predetermined by the ETC on-board unit non-response detecting unit. When it is determined that there is no response for a period of time, the entrance gate is closed.
In the garage system of this invention which consists of the said structure, vehicle equipment ID is read from the ETC vehicle equipment mounted in the vehicle in the parking place of a vehicle. And after determining with this onboard equipment ID being the onboard equipment ID of the permission vehicle registered into the database, it detects that the response from the ETC onboard equipment of the said permission vehicle has continued for the predetermined time. That is, it detects that the non-response time of the ETC on-board unit has continued for a predetermined time, and closes the gate at the entrance.
Accordingly, the gate can be automatically opened by ETC in the parking lot, and the gate can be closed after confirming that the vehicle has moved to the parking place and parked safely.

In the garage system of the present invention, the ETC vehicle-mounted device is configured to stop communication when the vehicle engine is stopped or the vehicle key is turned off. When the device has not responded for a predetermined time, it is determined that the engine has been stopped or key-off has been performed, and the gate of the entrance is closed by the gate closing means.
In the garage system of the present invention having the above-described configuration, the ETC on-board device is configured to stop communication when the engine of the vehicle is stopped or the vehicle is turned off, and when the ETC on-board device becomes unresponsive, the vehicle It is determined that the engine has been stopped or key-off has been performed.
Thereby, it can confirm that the vehicle parked safely at the parking place, and can close a gate.

Further, in the garage system of the present invention, the parking place is divided into a plurality of fences for designating a parking permission position with respect to the vehicle, and the parking lot side vehicle-mounted device ID reading means is installed for each fence. It is characterized by.
In the garage system of this invention which consists of the said structure, a parking place is divided into a plurality of fences, and the parking lot side vehicle equipment ID reading means is installed for every fence.
Thereby, it can be determined that the vehicle is parked at the designated permission position.

Moreover, the garage system of this invention is the parking position determination means which determines whether the said vehicle is parked in the designated permission position based on the onboard equipment ID read by the said parking lot side onboard equipment ID reading means. And a gate closing means for closing the gate of the entrance when the parking position determination means determines that the vehicle is parked at a designated permission position.
In the garage system of this invention which consists of the said structure, vehicle equipment ID is read from the ETC vehicle equipment mounted in the vehicle in the parking place of a vehicle. Then, based on the read vehicle-mounted device ID, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is parked at the designated parking location, and if it is determined that the vehicle is parked at the designated parking location, the entrance gate Close.
Thereby, in the parking lot, the gate can be automatically opened by ETC, and the gate can be closed after confirming that the vehicle is parked at the designated permission position.

Further, in the garage system of the present invention, the database has an ID table in which the in-vehicle device ID of the ETC on-vehicle device, the use attribute associated with the on-vehicle device ID, and the use place attribute are registered. As the use attribute, an attribute of a parking place specifying vehicle that designates a dedicated parking place for the vehicle, an attribute of a combined parking place specifying vehicle that designates a parking place that is shared with other vehicles, or a parking place is specified. The parking location non-specific vehicle attribute is set, and the parking location attribute is set with a kite number or code for designating a parking permission position, and the parking position determination means includes the ID With reference to the table, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is parked at the specified permission position, and it is determined by the parking position determination means that the vehicle is not parked at the specified permission position. If, the alarm control unit for generating an alarm signal, characterized in that it comprises.
In the garage system of this invention which consists of the said structure, a use attribute and a use place attribute are registered in relation to onboard equipment ID in the ID table of a database. Then, referring to this ID table, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is parked at the designated permission position. If the vehicle is not parked at the designated permission position, an alarm signal is generated.
As a result, the parking permission position can be specified according to the type of vehicle (for example, a delivery vehicle or an emergency vehicle), and an alarm signal is output when the vehicle is not parked at the specified permission position. can do.

In the garage system according to the present invention, the entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit and the parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit read the vehicle-mounted device ID from the ETC vehicle-mounted device by narrow-area communication using a narrow-area communication antenna. It is characterized by being comprised.
In the garage system of this invention which consists of the said structure, it communicates with the ETC onboard equipment mounted in the vehicle by the narrow region communication using the narrow region communication antenna.
Thereby, the onboard equipment ID of the ETC onboard equipment mounted in the vehicle can be read by narrow area communication. For this reason, it is possible to realize a garage system with high serviceability using an ETC on-board device.

Further, the gate opening / closing control method of the present invention identifies a vehicle registered in advance, opens the gate at the entrance, confirms that the vehicle has moved to the parking place, and closes the gate to control the gate opening / closing in the garage system. A vehicle-mounted device ID registration procedure for registering in-vehicle device ID of an ETC vehicle-mounted device of a permitted vehicle contracted in advance in a database by the control unit in the garage system; and an ETC mounted on the vehicle approaching the gate It is determined whether the in-vehicle device ID reading procedure for reading the in-vehicle device ID of the in-vehicle device and the in-vehicle device ID read by the entrance-side in-vehicle device ID reading procedure is the in-vehicle device ID of the permitted vehicle registered in the database. If the first vehicle-mounted device ID determination procedure and the first vehicle-mounted device ID determination procedure determine that the vehicle-mounted device ID is a permitted vehicle, A gate opening procedure for opening the vehicle door, a parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading procedure for reading the vehicle-mounted device ID from the ETC vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle at the parking place of the vehicle, and the parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading procedure. The second vehicle-mounted device ID determination procedure for determining whether or not the read vehicle-mounted device ID is the vehicle-mounted device ID of the permitted vehicle registered in the database, and the vehicle-mounted device of the permitted vehicle by the second vehicle-mounted device ID determination procedure. A gate closing procedure for closing the gate of the entrance is performed when it is determined that the ID is determined.
In the gate opening / closing control method of the present invention including the above procedure, the on-board unit ID of the ETC on-board unit mounted on the vehicle at the entrance to the parking lot is read, and whether this on-board unit ID is the on-board unit ID registered in the database. Determine. When the vehicle-mounted device ID is registered in the database and is determined to be the vehicle-mounted device ID, the entrance gate is opened. Further, the vehicle-mounted device ID is read from the ETC vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle at the parking place of the vehicle, and it is determined again whether the vehicle-mounted device ID is the vehicle-mounted device ID registered in the database. When it is determined that the OBE ID is the OBE ID registered in the database, the entrance gate is closed.
Accordingly, the gate can be automatically opened by ETC in the parking lot, and the gate can be closed after confirming that the vehicle has moved to the parking place.

  According to the garage system of the present invention, since the on-board unit ID reading means of the ETC on-board unit is provided on the entrance side and the parking place side, the gate can be automatically opened by the ETC on-board unit, and the parking place After confirming that the vehicle has moved, the gate can be closed. Furthermore, the gate can be closed after confirming that the vehicle has moved to the parking place and parked safely.

  In addition, by providing a parking lot side vehicle-mounted device ID reading means for each cage in the parking lot, it is possible to confirm that the vehicle is parked safely at the designated permission position and close the gate.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that. In the terminology used in this specification, the “parking place” means a parking area where a vehicle (a car traveling on a road) can safely park in the parking lot. In addition, “parking” means that the vehicle is continuously stopped or that the driver cannot drive immediately after leaving the vehicle. For example, it means a state in which the engine of the vehicle is stopped or keyed off.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a garage system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the garage system of the present invention is composed of equipment installed on the entrance 101 side and equipment installed in the parking place 102 with the garage control device 1 as the center.

  On the entrance 101 side, a narrow area communication antenna (1) 51 for performing DSRC communication with the ETC in-vehicle device 3 mounted on the vehicle 2 is installed. The narrow area communication antenna (1) 51 is installed in an entrance illumination pole or the like.

  The vehicle 2 temporarily stops in front of the gate 4 (position A), and communication is performed between the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 and the garage controller 1 by narrow-area communication using the narrow-area communication antenna (1) 51. By this narrow area communication, the garage controller 1 reads the vehicle-mounted device ID from the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3.

  A gate drive mechanism 61 for opening and closing the gate 4 is provided on the entrance 101 side. The gate drive mechanism 61 includes an actuator (such as a motor or a hydraulic mechanism) and a gate opening / closing mechanism driven by the actuator.

  The parking place 102 is equipped with a narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 for performing DSRC communication with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 of the vehicle 2. This narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 is installed in an illumination pole or the like. In the parking place 102 and its vicinity, the ETC onboard equipment 3 mounted in the vehicle 2 and the garage control device 1 perform narrow area communication using the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41. By this narrow area communication, the garage controller 1 reads the vehicle-mounted device ID from the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3.

  In the example shown in FIG. 1, only one narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 is shown in the parking place 102, but a plurality of narrow area communication antennas may be installed according to the size of the parking place 102. it can.

  The narrow area communication antenna (1) 51 and the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 include a microwave generation unit for performing communication with the ETC in-vehicle device 3 of the vehicle 2 using microwaves. Further, the narrow area communication antenna (1) 51 and the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 are provided with an interface unit for transmitting a communication signal with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 to the garage controller 1. These narrow-area communication antennas (1) and (2) always detect signals from the ETC on-board unit 3 so as to communicate with the ETC on-board unit 3 of the vehicle 2 at all times.

  In addition, the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 mounted on the vehicle 2 is configured to communicate with the garage control device 1 via the narrow area communication antenna (1) 51 and the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41, and The operation is stopped by engine stop or key-off in the vehicle 2.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the garage control device 1.
In FIG. 2, the control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and controls each processing unit in the garage control device 1 in an integrated manner. The processing unit for realizing the function of the garage system.

  The communication control unit 12 in the control unit 11 includes an entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 13 and a parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 14.

  The entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 13 performs narrow-area communication with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 of the vehicle 2 (the vehicle at the position A on the entrance 101 side) via the narrow-area communication antenna (1) 51, and the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 It is a processing part for reading vehicle equipment ID from.

  The parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 14 performs narrow-area communication with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 of the vehicle 2 (the vehicle at the position B on the parking place 102 side) via the narrow-area communication antenna (2) 41, and the ETC vehicle-mounted device. This is a processing unit for reading the vehicle-mounted device ID from the device 3.

  The vehicle-mounted device ID registration unit 15 is a processing unit for registering the vehicle-mounted device ID for identifying the permitted vehicle that is a vehicle using the garage system in the ID table 32 of the database 31. The ID table 32 is a table in which vehicle-mounted device IDs are registered as shown in FIG. In the ID table 32, vehicle-mounted device IDs of vehicles contracted with the garage system, that is, permitted vehicles are registered.

  The entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit 16 refers to the ID table 32 in the database 31, and the vehicle-mounted device ID of the vehicle 2 read by the entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 13 is the vehicle-mounted device ID registered in the ID table 32. It is a processing unit for determining whether or not there is. When the entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit 16 determines that the vehicle-mounted device ID of the vehicle 2 is the vehicle-mounted device ID registered in the ID table 32, the gate 4 is opened to the vehicle.

  The parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit 17 is a processing unit for determining whether the vehicle-mounted device ID read by the parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 14 is the vehicle-mounted device ID registered in the ID table 32.

  The ETC on-vehicle device no-response detecting unit 18 has stopped responding from the ETC on-vehicle device 3 of the vehicle for a predetermined time in the communication between the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 and the ETC on-vehicle device 3 of the vehicle 2. The process which detects is performed. When the ETC on-vehicle device no-response detecting unit 18 determines that the ETC on-vehicle device has no three responses, the entrance gate 4 is closed.

  The vehicle 2 is configured such that the operation of the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 is stopped by engine stop or key-off, and the ETC vehicle-mounted device no-response detecting unit 18 keeps the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 inactive for a predetermined time. It detects that it became a response, and determines with the vehicle 2 having parked safely.

  The gate drive mechanism control unit 21 opens the gate to the gate drive mechanism 61 when the entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit 16 determines that the vehicle-mounted device ID is the vehicle-mounted device ID registered in the ID table 32 of the database 31. It is a control part for transmitting the command signal and opening the gate 4. When the gate drive mechanism control unit 21 detects that the response from the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 of the vehicle 2 has not continued for a predetermined time in the ETC vehicle-mounted device no-response detection unit 18, the gate drive mechanism control unit 21 gates the gate drive mechanism 61. A control signal for closing the gate 4 is transmitted by transmitting a closing command signal.

  The warning control unit 22 generates a warning signal when the parking lot side vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit 16 determines that the vehicle-mounted device ID read by the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 is not registered in the ID table 32. It is a processing part for generating.

  When an alarm signal is generated by the alarm control unit 22, an alarm sound is generated by the acoustic alarm device 23, and the alarm signal is transmitted to an external device related to the garage system by the alarm communication unit 24.

  With the above configuration, the gate can be opened using the ETC on-board device, and the gate can be closed after confirming that the vehicle has moved to the parking place and parked safely.

  The on-board unit ID registration unit 15 corresponds to the above-described on-board unit ID registration unit, and the above-mentioned entrance-side unit on-board unit ID reading unit includes the entrance-side on-board unit ID reading unit 13 and the narrow area communication antenna (1) 51. Equivalent to. Moreover, the above-mentioned 1st onboard equipment ID determination part corresponds to the entrance side onboard equipment ID determination part 16, and the 2nd onboard equipment ID determination means corresponds to the parking lot side onboard equipment ID determination part 17. The gate opening mechanism and the gate closing mechanism described above correspond to the gate drive mechanism controller 21 and the gate drive mechanism 61. The parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading means corresponds to the parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 14 and the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41, and the above-mentioned ETC on-vehicle device non-response detecting means is ETC on-vehicle device-free. The response detection unit 18 corresponds.

  Moreover, FIG. 4 is a figure which shows the flow of a process in the garage system of this invention, and shows the flow of the process in the garage system shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2 with the flowchart. Hereinafter, the flow of the process will be described with reference to FIG.

  The garage control device 1 always tries communication by DSRC so as to communicate with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 mounted on the vehicle 2 by the narrow area communication antenna (1) 51 installed at the entrance 101 (step S1). ).

  And if the vehicle 2 carrying the ETC onboard equipment 3 approaches the entrance 101 and communication with the vehicle 2 is started, the onboard equipment ID is received from the ETC onboard equipment 3. Then, it is determined whether the vehicle-mounted device ID is a vehicle registered in the ID table 32 of the database 31, that is, a permitted vehicle. If the vehicle is permitted, the gate drive mechanism control unit 21 outputs a gate opening drive control command to the gate drive mechanism 61 to open the gate 4 (step S2). The vehicle 2 passes through the gate 4.

  Thereafter, the communication is switched from the narrow area communication antenna (1) 51 to the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 (step S3), and the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 communicates with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 of the vehicle 2 (step S3). S4).

  Then, the vehicle-mounted device ID is received again from the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 by the narrow-area communication antenna (2) 41, and it is determined whether or not the vehicle-mounted device ID is a permitted vehicle registered in the ID table 32 of the database 31 ( Step S5). If it is not a permitted vehicle, an alarm is sounded (step S6), and if it is a permitted vehicle, communication with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 is continued by the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 (step S7).

  Then, in the communication between the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 and the ETC on-board unit 3, when the non-response of the ETC on-board unit 3, that is, the time when the signal from the ETC on-board unit 3 is interrupted continues for a predetermined time, the vehicle It is determined that the engine has stopped (step S8). When it is determined that the engine of the vehicle is stopped, the gate drive mechanism control unit 21 outputs a gate closing drive control command to the gate drive mechanism 61, and the gate 4 is closed (step S9).

  According to the above processing procedure, it is possible to close the gate after confirming that the gate for the permitted vehicle registered in advance and that the permitted vehicle has parked at the parking place, that is, the vehicle has stopped safely.

  In the first embodiment described above, the ETC on-board unit non-response detector 18 in the garage control device 1 detects the non-response of the ETC on-board unit 3 so that the vehicle 2 is safer due to engine stop or key-off. However, the present invention is not limited to this example.

  For example, the vehicle 2 can be parked safely by transmitting a status signal of the vehicle 2 (for example, a side brake lock signal or a signal indicating that the lever is at the parking position) from the ETC onboard device 3 to the garage control device 1. It can also be set as the structure determined with having carried out.

  Moreover, it can replace with the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 by the side of the parking place 102, and can detect the parking of the vehicle 2 using the sensor (for example, photoelectric sensor) for vehicle detection. In this case, the vehicle-mounted device ID of the vehicle 2 cannot be detected on the parking place 102 side, but the vehicle-mounted device ID has already been confirmed on the entrance 101 side, and it is detected that the parked vehicle 2 is a permitted vehicle.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a garage system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  The garage system shown in FIG. 5 differs from the garage system shown in FIG. 1 in that the parking place 102 is divided by a plurality of fences (01 to 07 in the example of FIG. 5) for each parking position of the vehicle 2. The narrow area communication antennas (2) 41 to 47 are installed in each cage. Further, the internal configuration of the garage control device 1A is partially different from the garage control device 1 shown in FIG. The other structure is the same as that of the garage system shown in FIG. For this reason, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same component.

  Since the garage system according to the second embodiment and the garage system according to the first embodiment described above have many common parts, in the description of the second embodiment below, the first implementation will be described. The description made in the form may be duplicated.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the garage system of the present invention is composed of equipment installed on the entrance 101 side and equipment installed in the parking place 102 with the garage control device 1A as the center.

  On the entrance 101 side, a narrow area communication antenna (1) 51 for performing DSRC communication with the ETC in-vehicle device 3 mounted on the vehicle 2 is installed. The narrow area communication antenna (1) 51 is installed in an entrance illumination pole or the like.

  The vehicle 2 temporarily stops in front of the gate 4 (position A), and communication is performed between the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 and the garage controller 1A by narrow-band communication using the narrow-band communication antenna (1). By this narrow area communication, the garage controller 1 </ b> A reads the vehicle-mounted device ID from the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3.

  A gate drive mechanism 61 for opening and closing the gate 4 is provided on the entrance 101 side. The gate drive mechanism 61 includes an actuator (such as a motor or a hydraulic mechanism) and a gate opening / closing mechanism driven by the actuator.

  The parking place 102 is divided into a plurality of baskets for each parking position of the vehicle 2, and a basket number (01 to 07) is assigned to each basket. And corresponding to each kite, the narrow area communication antennas (2) 41-47 for performing DSRC communication with the ETC onboard equipment 3 of the vehicle 2 are equipped. The narrow area communication antennas (2) 41 to 47 are installed on an illumination pole or the like. In the parking place 102 and its vicinity, the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 mounted in the vehicle 2 and the garage controller 1A perform narrow-area communication using the narrow-area communication antennas (2) 41 to 47. By this narrow area communication, the garage controller 1 </ b> A reads the vehicle-mounted device ID from the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3.

  Note that the narrow area communication antenna (1) 51 and the narrow area communication antennas (2) 41 to 47 include a microwave generation unit for performing communication with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 of the vehicle 2 using microwaves. Yes. In addition, the narrow area communication antenna (1) 51 and the narrow area communication antennas (2) 41 to 47 include an interface unit for transmitting a communication signal with the ETC on-vehicle device 3 to the garage control device 1A. These narrow-area communication antennas (1) and (2) always detect signals from the ETC on-board unit 3 so as to communicate with the ETC on-board unit 3 of the vehicle 2 at all times.

  Further, the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 is configured to communicate with the garage control device 1A through the narrow area communication antenna (1) 51 and the narrow area communication antennas (2) 41 to 47, and the engine in the vehicle 2 The operation is stopped by stop or key-off.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the garage control device 1A. The garage control device 1A shown in FIG. 6 differs in configuration from the garage control device 1 shown in FIG. 2 in that a parking position determination unit 19 is newly added to the control unit 11A, and the ID table 32A. The registration contents are partially different. The other structure is the same as that of the garage control apparatus 1 shown in FIG. For this reason, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same component.

  In FIG. 2, there is one narrow area communication antenna (2) on the parking lot side, but in FIG. 6, narrow area communication antennas (2) 41 to 47 are provided for each basket.

  In FIG. 6, the control unit 11A includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and controls each processing unit in the garage control device 1A in an integrated manner. The processing unit for realizing the function of the garage system.

  The communication control unit 12 in the control unit 11 </ b> A includes an entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 13 and a parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 14.

  The entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 13 performs narrow-area communication with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 of the vehicle 2 (the vehicle at the position A on the entrance 101 side) via the narrow-area communication antenna (1) 51, and the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 It is a processing part for reading vehicle equipment ID from.

  The parking lot side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 14 performs narrow-band communication with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 of the vehicle 2 (the vehicle at position B on the parking place 102 side) via the narrow-band communication antennas (2) 41 to 47, It is a processing unit for reading the vehicle-mounted device ID from the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3.

  The on-vehicle device ID registration unit 15 is a processing unit for registering an on-vehicle device ID for identifying a permitted vehicle, which is a vehicle using this garage system, in the ID table 32 </ b> A of the database 31. At the time of registration, the vehicle-mounted device ID and the attribute associated therewith are also registered at the same time. In this attribute, a vehicle whose use place is specified as a use attribute, a vehicle that uses a shared place shared with other vehicles, or a vehicle that does not specify a use place such as a delivery vehicle or an emergency vehicle Or use attribute is set. Further, a specific parking place, that is, a permission position is set as a use place attribute by a serial number or a code (details of the ID table will be described later).

  The entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit 16 refers to the ID table 32A in the database 31, and the vehicle-mounted device ID of the vehicle 2 read by the entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 13 is the vehicle-mounted device ID registered in the ID table 32A. It is a processing unit for determining whether or not there is. In addition, the entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit 16 also performs a process of notifying the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 of a permitted position, which is a specific parking location, using a serial number or the like by the narrow-area communication antenna (1) 51 at the entrance. Do. When the entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit 16 determines that the vehicle-mounted device ID of the vehicle 2 is the vehicle-mounted device ID registered in the ID table 32, the gate 4 is opened to the vehicle.

  The parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit 17 is a processing unit for determining whether the vehicle-mounted device ID read by the parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 14 is the vehicle-mounted device ID registered in the ID table 32A. .

  The ETC on-vehicle device no-response detection unit 18 continues the response from the ETC on-vehicle device 3 of the vehicle for a predetermined time after the parking position determination unit 19 determines that the vehicle is located at the designated permission position. A process to detect that it has disappeared is performed. When the ETC on-vehicle device no-response detecting unit 18 determines that the ETC on-vehicle device 3 is not responding for a predetermined time, the gate 4 at the entrance is closed.

  The parking position determination unit 19 refers to the ID table 32A of the database 31 based on the vehicle-mounted device ID read by the parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit 14, and is the vehicle parked at the designated permitted position? It is a processing unit for determining whether or not. This determination can be made, for example, by detecting the reception level from the ETC onboard equipment 3 in the narrow area communication antennas (2) 41 to 47. The parking position determination unit 19 corresponds to the parking position determination unit described above.

  The vehicle 2 is configured such that the operation of the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 is stopped by engine stop or key-off, and the ETC vehicle-mounted device no-response detecting unit 18 detects that the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 has not responded. It is determined that the vehicle 2 is parked safely.

  The gate drive mechanism control unit 21 opens the gate to the gate drive mechanism 61 when the entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit 16 determines that the vehicle-mounted device ID is the vehicle-mounted device ID registered in the ID table 32A of the database 31. It is a control part for transmitting the command signal and opening the gate 4. Further, the gate drive mechanism control unit 21 causes the gate drive mechanism 61 to detect when the ETC on-vehicle device no-response detection unit 18 detects that the response has stopped from the ETC on-vehicle device 3 of the vehicle 2 for a predetermined time. A control signal for closing the gate 4 is performed by transmitting a command signal for closing the gate.

  The warning control unit 22 generates a warning signal when the parking lot side vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit 17 determines that the vehicle-mounted device ID read by the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 is not registered in the ID table 32A. It is a processing part for generating. Moreover, the warning control part 22 performs the process which produces | generates a warning signal, when the parking position determination part 19 determines with the vehicle not parking in the designated permission position.

  When an alarm signal is generated by the alarm control unit 22, an alarm sound is generated by the acoustic alarm device 23, and the alarm signal is transmitted to an external device related to the garage system by the alarm communication unit 24.

  The database 31 stores an ID table 32A. An example of this ID table is shown in FIG.

  In the ID table shown in FIG. 7A, the vehicle-mounted device ID of the ETC vehicle-mounted device registered in the garage system is recorded as an index. And the usage attribute and the usage place attribute are recorded in association with the vehicle-mounted device ID.

  In this use attribute, an attribute “A: parking location specification (dedicated)” for designating a dedicated parking place for the vehicle with the on-board device ID, and a parking place for the vehicle with the on-board device ID are designated. There is an attribute “B: parking location specification (combined)” and an attribute “N: parking location not specified” that does not specify a parking location for the vehicle with the vehicle-mounted device ID.

  For example, for a delivery vehicle, an emergency vehicle, etc., “N: parking place not specified” is set as the use attribute. Further, the use place attribute is an attribute that designates the parking place of the vehicle as a permitted position. For example, the parking place number (01 to 09) shown in FIG. 7B is designated as the permitted position.

  For example, in FIG. 7A, for the vehicle-mounted device ID “LA3JSKF43LAJIOA”, the use attribute is set to “A” and the use place attribute is specified to “01”. It is designated to use the 01 parking place exclusively.

  For the vehicle-mounted device ID “PMNDRWD7G2J6G0K”, the use attribute is set to “B”, and the use place attribute is specified to “03, 04, 05”. That is, the vehicle has a car number 03, 04. , 05 is designated to be used in combination.

  For the on-board device ID “93M7B5DJOYEYBSSH”, the use attribute is set to “N” and the use place attribute is specified to “−”, that is, the vehicle is a vehicle temporarily parked in this garage. It is specified that any vacant parking position may be used.

Depending on the contents registered in the ID table 32A, the ID table 32A is used as follows.
First, the vehicle-mounted device ID is read at the entrance to determine whether or not the vehicle is permitted to be used. That is, the vehicle-mounted device ID of the vehicle to be entered is checked in order with the vehicle-mounted device ID registered in the ID table 32A.

  When the vehicle-mounted device ID of the vehicle is registered in the ID table 32A, subsequently, the use permission form of the vehicle is obtained. As a use attribute of a vehicle permitted to be used, a vehicle whose use place is specified exclusively (use attribute A), a vehicle that uses a shared place shared with other vehicles (use attribute B), or a use place Is not specified (use attribute N).

  Then, a permitted position where the permitted vehicle can be parked is obtained. That is, a specific parking place is given by the number of the bag to a vehicle whose use place is specified exclusively and a vehicle that uses a shared place shared with other vehicles.

  With the above configuration, the gate can be opened using the ETC vehicle-mounted device, and the gate can be closed after confirming that the vehicle has moved to the designated permission position in the parking lot and parked safely. .

  Moreover, FIG. 8 is a figure which shows the flow of a process in the garage system concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention, and shows the flow of the process in the garage system mentioned above with the flowchart.

8 is different from the flowchart in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 4 in that step S7A, step S7B, and step S7C are newly added to the flowchart shown in FIG. Other steps are the same as those in the flowchart shown in FIG. For this reason, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the step of the same processing content.
Hereinafter, the flow of the process will be described with reference to FIG.

  The garage control device 1A always tries communication by DSRC so as to communicate with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 mounted on the vehicle 2 by the narrow area communication antenna (1) installed at the entrance 101 (step S1). .

  And if the vehicle 2 carrying the ETC onboard equipment 3 approaches the entrance 101 and communication with the vehicle 2 is started, the onboard equipment ID is received from the ETC onboard equipment 3. Then, it is determined whether or not the vehicle-mounted device ID is a vehicle registered in the ID table 32A of the database 31, that is, a permitted vehicle. If the vehicle is permitted, the gate drive mechanism control unit 21 outputs a gate opening drive control command to the gate drive mechanism 61 to open the gate 4 (step S2). The vehicle 2 passes through the gate 4.

  Thereafter, the communication is switched from the narrow area communication antenna (1) 51 to the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 to 47 (step S3), and the narrow area communication antenna (2) 41 to 47 communicates with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 of the vehicle 2. (Step S4).

  Then, the vehicle-mounted device ID is received from the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 again from the narrow area communication antennas (2) 41 to 47, and it is determined whether or not the vehicle-mounted device ID is a permitted vehicle registered in the ID table 32A (step). S5). If it is not a permitted vehicle, an alarm is sounded (step S6), and if it is a permitted vehicle, communication with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 is continued by the narrow area communication antennas (2) 41 to 47 (step S7).

  And when the vehicle 2 moves to a parking place, it is determined whether the said vehicle 2 moved to the permission position (step S7A). This determination can be made by, for example, detecting the reception level from the ETC onboard equipment 3 in the narrow area communication antennas (2) 41 to 47. If the position of the vehicle 2 is not the permitted position, an alarm is sounded (step S7B), and if the vehicle 2 is positioned at the permitted position, communication with the ETC vehicle-mounted device 3 is continued by the narrow area communication antenna (2). (Step S7C).

  Then, in the communication with the ETC on-vehicle device 3, when the non-response (signal is interrupted) time of the ETC on-vehicle device 3 continues for a predetermined time, it is determined that the vehicle engine is stopped (step S8), and the gate drive mechanism control unit 21 outputs a gate closing drive control command to the gate drive mechanism 61 and closes the gate 4 (step S9).

  By the above processing procedure, it is possible to open the gate using the ETC on-vehicle device for a vehicle registered in advance, and that the vehicle is parked at the designated permission position, that is, the vehicle is safely stopped. You can confirm and close the gate.

  In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle 2 is stopped by engine stop or key-off when the ETC on-vehicle device no-response detecting unit 18 in the garage control device 1A detects no response of the ETC on-vehicle device 3. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

  For example, the vehicle 2 is parked by transmitting a status signal of the vehicle 2 (for example, a side brake lock signal or a signal indicating that the lever is at the parking position) from the ETC onboard device 3 to the garage controller 1A. It can also be set as the structure determined.

  Moreover, it can replace with the narrow area communication antennas (2) 41-47, and can also detect the parking of the vehicle 2 using the sensor (for example, photoelectric sensor) for vehicle detection. In this case, the vehicle-mounted device ID of the vehicle 2 cannot be detected on the parking place 102 side, but it is detected that the vehicle-mounted device ID has already been confirmed on the entrance 101 side and the parked vehicle 2 has stopped at the correct permitted position. To do.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, the garage system of this invention is not limited only to the above-mentioned example of illustration, A various change can be added in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. Of course.

It is a figure showing the whole garage system composition concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the garage control apparatus in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of ID table. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the garage system concerning 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the garage system concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the garage control apparatus in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the ID table to which the use attribute was provided. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the garage system concerning 2nd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1A ... Garage control apparatus, 2 ... Vehicle, 3 ... ETC onboard equipment, 4 ... Gate, 11, 11A ... Control part, 12 ... Communication control part, 13 ... -Entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit, 14 ... Parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit, 15 ... Vehicle-mounted device ID registration unit, 16 ... Entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit, 17 ... Parking lot Side vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit, 18 ... ETC vehicle-mounted device no-response detection unit, 19 ... parking position determination unit, 21 ... gate drive mechanism control unit, 22 ... alarm control unit, 23 ... Acoustic alarm device, 24 ... alarm communication unit, 31 ... database, 32, 32A ... ID table, 41-47 ... narrow area communication antenna (2), 51 ... narrow area communication antenna ( 1), 61 ... Gate drive mechanism

Claims (8)

A garage system that identifies a pre-registered vehicle, opens an entrance gate, confirms that the vehicle has moved to a parking location, and closes the gate,
Onboard equipment ID registration means for registering the onboard equipment ID of the ETC onboard equipment of the permitted vehicle contracted in advance in the database;
An entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading means for reading the vehicle-mounted device ID of the ETC vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle approaching the gate;
First vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit that determines whether the vehicle-mounted device ID read by the entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit is the vehicle-mounted device ID of the permitted vehicle registered in the database;
Gate opening means for opening the gate of the entrance when it is determined by the first onboard equipment ID judgment means that the vehicle is an onboard equipment ID of the permitted vehicle;
In the parking place of the vehicle, a parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading means for reading the vehicle-mounted device ID from the ETC vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle,
A second vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit that determines whether the vehicle-mounted device ID read by the parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit is the vehicle-mounted device ID of the permitted vehicle registered in the database;
A gate closing means for closing the gate of the entrance when it is determined by the second onboard equipment ID judgment means that the vehicle is an onboard equipment ID of the permitted vehicle;
A garage system comprising: After the second vehicle-mounted device ID determination unit determines that the vehicle-mounted device ID is the vehicle-mounted device ID of the permitted vehicle registered in the database, the response from the ETC vehicle-mounted device of the permitted vehicle does not continue for a predetermined time. ETC OBE non-response detection means for detecting
The gate closing means is
Closing the gate at the entrance when it is determined by the ETC on-board unit no-response detecting means that the ETC on-board unit of the permitted vehicle is not responding continuously for a predetermined time;
The garage system according to claim 1. The ETC vehicle-mounted device is configured to stop communication when the engine of the vehicle is stopped or the key of the vehicle is turned off.
The ETC on-board unit non-response detecting means determines that the engine of the vehicle has been stopped or key-off has been performed when the ETC on-board unit of the permitted vehicle has not responded for a predetermined time, and the gate closing unit Closing the entrance gate by
The garage system according to claim 2. The parking place is divided into a plurality of baskets for designating a parking permission position for the vehicle,
The parking lot side vehicle-mounted device ID reading means is installed for each basket,
The garage system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: Based on the vehicle-mounted device ID read by the parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading device, a parking position determining device that determines whether or not the vehicle is parked at a designated permission position;
A gate closing means for closing the gate of the entrance when it is determined by the parking position determination means that the vehicle is parked at a designated permission position;
The garage system according to claim 4, comprising: The database has an ID table in which an onboard device ID of an ETC onboard device, a use attribute associated with the onboard device ID, and a use place attribute are registered.
As the use attribute,
A parking location specific vehicle attribute that specifies a dedicated parking location for the vehicle,
An attribute of a specific parking location specific vehicle that specifies a parking location that is shared with other vehicles,
Or an attribute of a non-specific parking location vehicle that does not specify a parking location,
As the parking place attribute,
A fence number or sign is set to specify the permitted parking position,
The parking position determination means refers to the ID table to determine whether or not the vehicle is parked at a specified permitted position,
When it is determined by the parking position determination means that the vehicle is not parked at the designated permission position, an alarm control unit that generates an alarm signal,
The garage system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the garage system is provided. The entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit and the parking lot-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading unit are configured to read the vehicle-mounted device ID from the ETC vehicle-mounted device by narrow-area communication using a narrow-area communication antenna.
The garage system according to claim 1, wherein: A gate opening and closing control method in a garage system that identifies a pre-registered vehicle, opens an entrance gate, confirms that the vehicle has moved to a parking place, and closes the gate,
By the control unit in the garage system,
An onboard equipment ID registration procedure for registering an onboard equipment ID of an ETC onboard equipment of a permitted vehicle contracted in advance in a database;
An entrance-side vehicle-mounted device ID reading procedure for reading the vehicle-mounted device ID of an ETC vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle approaching the gate;
A first OBE ID determination procedure for determining whether the OBE ID read by the entrance-side OBE ID reading procedure is an OBE ID of a permitted vehicle registered in the database;
A gate opening procedure for opening the gate of the entrance when it is determined by the first onboard device ID determination procedure that the vehicle is an onboard device ID of the permitted vehicle;
In the parking place of the vehicle, a parking lot side vehicle-mounted device ID reading procedure for reading the vehicle-mounted device ID from the ETC vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle,
A second OBE ID determination procedure for determining whether the OBE ID read by the parking lot-side OBE ID reading procedure is an OBE ID of the permitted vehicle registered in the database;
A gate closing procedure for closing the gate of the entrance when it is determined that the vehicle-mounted device ID of the permitted vehicle is determined by the second vehicle-mounted device ID determination procedure;
A gate opening / closing control method.

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